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Black Student Activism and the Ivy League

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 Jon Hale #AAIHSRoundtable, #UpendingTheIvoryTower, Activism, black politics, Black Power, black protest, education, race, Resistance

*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with the Journal of Civil and Human Rights on Stefan M. Bradley’s Upending the Ivory

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The Ongoing Struggle of the Black Ivy League

September 9, 2019September 10, 2019 Alaina Morgan #AAIHSRoundtable, #UpendingTheIvoryTower, Activism, black intellectual history, Black Power, black protest, education, race, Resistance

*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with the Journal of Civil and Human Rights on Stefan M. Bradley’s Upending

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Ownership and Access: The Ebony and Jet Magazines Archive

September 6, 2019August 30, 2019 Jessica Parr archives, black intellectual history, MEDIA, publishing, race

In early July, the imminent auction of the Ebony/Jet archives made the news. Priceless collections of photographs and other documents

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How Black Activists Sought Healthcare Reform: A New Documentary

September 5, 2019September 16, 2019 Christopher Willoughby Activism, Black film, black intellectual history, black politics, capitalism, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, film, health, medicine

“The American Medical Association has never been a friend to us [African Americans],” explained the late Chicago physician Dr. Donald

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Stop Killer Cops: Police Brutality, Mass Incarceration, and the Liberal Establishment

September 4, 2019August 31, 2019 AAIHS Editors Activism, Los Angeles, New York, organizing, police violence, policing, racism, urban history, violence

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

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